LAFAYETTE — Police found 26-year-old Joshua Nolan Pennington having sex early Saturday with a 13-year-old girl in a parked car at a church, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Pennington drove from West Chester, Ohio, to Lafayette to be with the girl, whom he met through an online dating app, where he claimed to be 13 and she claimed to be 15, according to the affidavit.

He drove from his Ohio home north of Cincinnati several times during the teen's holiday vacation, and the two kissed and fondled each other during those visits, according to the affidavit that accompanied four charges of child molesting and two counts of child solicitation.

Pennington picked the teen up about 2 a.m. Saturday and ended up parking in the church lot. The two were engaged in intercourse when the officer investigated the car at the church about 3:25 a.m. Saturday, according to the affidavit.

The teen said Pennington told her to tell the officer she was 19, according to the affidavit.

Pennington, 7330 Jean Drive, West Chester, Ohio, remained incarcerated at the Tippecanoe County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of a $100,000 surety bond and $10,000 cash bond, according to online jail records.

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